Claire McDowell
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1877-10-31
Day of Death
1966-10-23 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Claire McDowell
Biography
Claire McDowell (2 November 1877 – 23 October 1966) was an American actress. She appeared in 360 films between 1908 and 1945.
Still somewhat of a youthful beauty when she started in early silent films, McDowell appeared in numerous films, eventually graduating to playing character and mother types. She can be seen to good advantage in Douglas Fairbanks's 1920 The Mark of Zorro. McDowell appeared in two of the biggest films of the silent era, The Big Parade (1925) and Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925), both in which she played mothers.
She was married to silent screen character actor Charles Hill Mailes from 1906 to his 1937 death. The couple appeared in numerous silent films together, including The Mark of Zorro. They had two sons, Robert Mailes and Eugene Mailes.
Claire McDowell died, aged 88, in Hollywood, California.
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Known For
Acting
(1945)
Adventure
as Woman in Library (uncredited)
(1944)
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
as Dr. Standish's Servant (uncredited)
(1944)
Men on Her Mind
as Mother Goodwin
(1943)
Hangmen Also Die!
as Counterwoman (uncredited)
(1943)
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Subway Passenger
(1943)
Presenting Lily Mars
as Dowager
(1943)
This Land Is Mine
as Woman in Bathroom
(1943)
(1941)
Lady Scarface
as Mrs. Tuckerman
(1941)
Whispers
as Gossip (uncredited)
(1940)
The Golden Fleecing
as Pedestrian (uncredited)
(1940)
Young Tom Edison
as Woman at Station
(1940)
A Failure at Fifty
as Minor Role (uncredited)
(1940)
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as Nurse for Mr. Winslow (uncredited)
(1939)
Idiot's Delight
as Crying Mother
(1939)
Miracles for Sale
as Jack of Diamonds Woman
(1939)
Thunder Afloat
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1939)
Stand Up and Fight
as Woman
(1939)
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Gossiper
(1939)
Angel of Mercy
as Mother (uncredited)
(1939)
One Against the World
as Jane Todd Crawford (uncredited)
(1938)
Boys Town
as Nun (uncredited)
(1938)
Test Pilot
as Funeral Home Associate (uncredited)
(1938)
Three Comrades
as Landlady Frau Zalewski (uncredited)
(1938)
They're Always Caught
as Mrs. Fletcher (uncredited)
(1938)
The Man on the Rock
as Napoleon's Mother (uncredited)
(1937)
A Night at the Movies
as Movie Patron (uncredited)
(1937)
Two-Fisted Sheriff
as Miss Herrick - Molly's Aunt
(1937)
Song of Revolt
as Artistocratic Dowager (uncredited)
(1936)
Small Town Girl
as Woman in Bed (uncredited)
(1936)
August Week End
as Alma Washburne
(1935)
Murder by Television
as Mrs. Houghland
(1934)
It Happened One Night
as Mother on Bus (uncredited)
(1934)
Imitation of Life
as Teacher Outside Classroom (uncredited)
(1934)
Journal of a Crime
as Sister at Hospital (uncredited)
(1934)
British Agent
as Woman Saying 'Lenin will Live' (uncredited)
(1934)
Dr. Monica
as Miss Bryerly (uncredited)
(1934)
Bedside
as Nurse
(1934)
Two Heads on a Pillow
as Mrs. Helen Gorman
(1933)
The Working Man
as Benjamin's Secretary
(1933)
Central Airport
as Mrs. Blaine
(1933)
By Appointment Only
as Mrs. Mary Carroll
(1933)
Wild Boys of the Road
as Mrs. Smith
(1932)
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
as Ann Marie's Caregiver Mrs. Schiller (uncredited)
(1932)
Lawyer Man
as Gilmurry's Secretary (uncredited)
(1932)
A Successful Calamity
as Struthers' Secretary (uncredited)
(1932)
The Famous Ferguson Case
as Brooks' Landlady (uncredited)
(1932)
Union Depot
as Little Boy's Mother (uncredited)
(1932)
Under Eighteen
as Seamstress (uncredited)
(1932)
The Phantom Express
as Ma Nolan
(1932)
Cornered
as Jane's Aunt
(1931)
An American Tragedy
as Mrs. Samuel Griffiths
(1931)
Manhattan Parade
as Nancy - the Maid
(1930)
The Big House
as Mrs. Marlowe
(1930)
Redemption
as Anna Pavlovna
(1930)
Brothers
as Bess Naughton
(1930)
The Second Floor Mystery
as Aunt Hattie
(1930)
Wild Company
as Mrs. Laura Grayson
(1930)
Mothers Cry
as Mary's Mother
(1930)
Young Desire
as Mrs. Spencer
(1929)
The Flying Fleet
as Mrs. Hastings (uncredited)
(1929)
Silks and Saddles
as Mrs. Calhoun
(1929)
The Quitter
as Mrs. Abbott
(1928)
The Viking
as Lady Editha (as Claire MacDowell)
(1928)
The Tragedy of Youth
as Mother
(1928)
Don't Marry
as Aunt Abigail Bowen
(1927)
The Taxi Dancer
as Aunt Mary
(1927)
A Little Journey
as Aunt Louise
(1927)
The Auctioneer
as Mrs. Tim Eagan
(1927)
Almost Human
as Mrs. Livingston
(1927)
The Shield of Honor
as Mrs. MacDowell
(1927)
The Black Diamond Express
as Martha Foster
(1927)
Tillie the Toiler
as Ma Jones
(1927)
Winds of the Pampas
as Doña Maria Casandos
(1926)
The Unknown Soldier
as John Phillips' sister
(1926)
The Shamrock Handicap
as Molly O'Shea
(1926)
The Dixie Merchant
as Josephine Fippany
(1926)
The Show Off
as Mom Fisher
(1926)
The Flaming Forest
as Mrs. McTavish
(1926)
The Devil's Circus
as Mrs. Peterson
(1925)
The Big Parade
as Mrs. Apperson
(1925)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Princess of Hur
(1925)
The Tower of Lies
as Katrina
(1925)
The End of the World
as Mrs. Joyce
(1925)
The Reckless Sex
as Concha
(1925)
The End of the World
as Mrs. Joyce
(1925)
Waking Up the Town
as Mrs. Joyce
(1925)
The Midnight Flyer
as Liza Slater
(1924)
Those Who Dare
as Mrs. Rollins
(1924)
Judgment of the Storm
as Mrs. Heath
(1924)
Secrets
as Elizabeth Channing
(1924)
Thy Name Is Woman
as Juan's Mother
(1923)
Ashes of Vengeance
as Margot's Aunt
(1923)
Circus Days
as Martha
(1923)
Human Wreckage
as Mrs. Brown
(1923)
Enemies of Children
as Godfrey sister
(1923)
Ponjola
as Mrs. Hope
(1923)
Michael O'Halloran
as Nancy Harding
(1923)
The West~Bound Limited
as Mrs. Bill Buckley
(1922)
Nice People
as Margaret Rainsford
(1922)
Rent Free
as Countess de Mourney
(1922)
Penrod
as Mrs. Schofield
(1922)
Quincy Adams Sawyer
as Mrs. Putnam
(1922)
Heart's Haven
as May Caroline
(1921)
Midsummer Madness
as Mrs. Osborne
(1921)
Love Never Dies
as Liz Trott
(1921)
What Every Woman Knows
as Comtesse de la Brière
(1921)
Prisoners of Love
as Her Mother
(1920)
The Mark of Zorro
as Dona Catalina Pulido
(1920)
Something to Think About
as Housekeeper
(1920)
The Jack-Knife Man
as Lize Merdin
(1920)
The Woman in the Suitcase
as Mrs. James B. Moreland
(1920)
Through Eyes of Men
as Mrs. Virginia All
(1920)
The Gift Supreme
as Lalia Graun
(1919)
Heart o' the Hills
as Martha Hawn
(1919)
The Follies Girl
as Nina
(1919)
Prudence on Broadway
as Miss Grayson
(1919)
The Feud
as Mary Lynch
(1919)
(1918)
Captain of His Soul
as Annette
(1918)
You Can't Believe Everything
as Grace Dardley
(1917)
The Gates of Doom
as Indore / Agatha
(1917)
The White Raven
as Daisy
(1917)
The Empty Gun
as Mary
(1917)
The Clean-Up
as Vera Vincent
(1917)
The Bronze Bride
as A-Che-Chee
(1917)
(1917)
Avarice
as The Miserly Old Woman
(1916)
Mixed Blood
as Nita Valyez
(1916)
The Right to Be Happy
as Mrs. Cratchit
(1916)
A Stranger from Somewhere
as Olga
(1915)
The Way Out
as The Young School Teacher
(1915)
Her Convert
as The Old Inventor's Daughter
(1915)
Truth Stranger Than Fiction
as Crook
(1915)
Old Offenders
as Joe's Wife
(1915)
The Sheriff's Dilemma
as Molly
(1915)
The Canceled Mortgage
as The Widowed Mother
(1915)
A Day's Adventure
as Hogan's Moll
(1915)
The Miser's Legacy
as The Crook's Wife
(1915)
The Gambler's I.O.U.
as Nell - Daddy Wilson's Daughter
(1915)
As It Happened
as The Ranchman's Daughter
(1915)
The Heart of a Bandit
as Claire
(1915)
Her Dormant Love
as The Discontented Wife
(1914)
His Fireman's Conscience
as Mrs. Daily
(1914)
Concentration
as The Mother
(1914)
A Nest Unfeathered
as Kate
(1914)
(1914)
Her Hand
as Olga
(1914)
(1914)
Men and Women
as Mrs. Stephen Rodman
(1914)
(1914)
(1913)
I Was Meant for You
as Lavina
(1913)
The Unwelcome Guest
as The Wife
(1913)
The House of Discord
as The Sister-in-Law
(1913)
Olaf—An Atom
as A Parent
(1913)
A Tender-Hearted Crook
as Edith
(1913)
The House of Darkness
as The Doctor's Wife
(1913)
The Tenderfoot's Money
as The Prospector's Wife
(1913)
The Wanderer
as The Female Lover
(1913)
The Telephone Girl and the Lady
as The Lady
(1913)
A Gambler's Honor
as Beth
(1913)
The Van Nostrand Tiara
as Kate
(1913)
The Enemy's Baby
as Miller's Wife
(1913)
A Gamble with Death
as Kate
(1913)
A Misappropriated Turkey
as Mrs. Fallon / Widow Logan
(1913)
The Wrong Bottle
as The Blind Sister
(1913)
The Switchtower
as The Switchman's Wife
(1913)
The Crook and the Girl
as The Uncle's Adopted Daughter
(1913)
The Law and His Son
as Marguerite, Manning's Sister
(1913)
The Well
as The Farmer's Wife
(1913)
(1913)
The Mirror
as Daisy
(1913)
The Stolen Loaf
as The Rich Woman
(1913)
The Ranchero's Revenge
as The Schemer's Associate
(1913)
The Abandoned Well
as The Widow
(1913)
The Stopped Clock
as The Antique Dealer's Daughter
(1913)
The Detective's Stratagem
as Kate, the Bank Clerk's Sweetheart
(1913)
All for Science
as Detective
(1913)
The Work Habit
as The Daughter in the City
(1913)
The Stolen Treaty
as Olga
(1913)
Under the Shadow of the Law
as John Haywood's Sister
(1913)
The Stolen Bride
as The Wife
(1913)
The Vengeance of Galora
as Galora
(1913)
The Strong Man's Burden
as Ida Glynn, The Nurse
(1912)
Two Daughters of Eve
as The Mother
(1912)
Man's Genesis
as Cave Woman
(1912)
The Old Actor
as At Audition
(1912)
The School Teacher and the Waif
as The Street Fakir's Sweetheart
(1912)
A Cry for Help
as The Thief's Wife - the Charity Patient
(1912)
So Near, Yet So Far
as Rich Woman in Other Town
(1912)
The Massacre
as Stephen's Belle - In Prologue
(1912)
The Sunbeam
as The Spinster
(1912)
The Sands of Dee
as Artist's fiancee
(1912)
The God Within
as The Woodsman's Wife
(1912)
Lena and the Geese
as Lena's Mother
(1912)
A Sailor’s Heart
as The Sailor's Third Sweetheart
(1912)
Under Burning Skies
as The Friend
(1912)
Billy's Stratagem
as Billy's Mother
(1912)
A Temporary Truce
as Mexican Jim's Wife
(1912)
In the Aisles of the Wild
as The Elder Daughter
(1912)
The New York Hat
as The Main Gossip
(1912)
The Female of the Species
as The Miner's Wife
(1912)
When the Fire-Bells Rang
as An Actress
(1912)
The Baby and the Stork
as The Mother
(1912)
The Baby and the Stork
as The Workman
(1912)
A String of Pearls
as The Italian Shoemaker's Wife
(1911)
The Manicure Lady
as Lunchroom Hostess
(1911)
The Squaw's Love
as Silver Fawn
(1911)
The Primal Call
as The Woman
(1911)
His Trust Fulfilled
as Mrs. Frazier
(1911)
Swords and Hearts
as Irene Lambert
(1911)
A Woman Scorned
as The Doctor's Wife
(1911)
His Trust
as Col. Frazier's wife
(1911)
Fate's Turning
as At Hotel/At Wedding
(1911)
A Decree of Destiny
as A Nun
(1911)
A Country Cupid
as The Half-Wit's Mother
(1911)
The Long Road
as Ned's Wife
(1911)
(1911)
What Shall We Do with Our Old?
as The Old Carpenter's Wife
(1911)
Fisher Folks
as At Fair
(1911)
The Adventures of Billy
as Rich Woman
(1910)
Waiter No. 5
as The Chief of Police's Wife
(1910)
(1910)
The Golden Supper
as Lady-in-Waiting
(1910)
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
as One of the Sisters Frost
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
A Flash of Light
as At First Party
(1910)
The Usurer
as Despairing Mother / One of the Third Debtors
(1910)
The Message of the Violin
as The Other Woman's Servant
(1910)
The Oath and the Man
as Rebel
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
Wilful Peggy
as Housemaid
(1908)
The Call of the Wild
as Party Guest
(1908)
(1908)
The Planter's Wife
as Mrs. John Holland